come unglued

Example Sentences

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Cats love to have you around, but won't come unglued if you're not around to clean up after them for a few hours.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2023

Just like Staples will be removed from the court, the Lakers’ defensive progress have mostly come unglued with Davis stuck in sweats.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2021

SpaceX opted to fix the toilet issue anyway by making the toilet an “all-welded structure” so that there are no longer any parts or tubes that can come unglued.

From The Verge • Oct. 29, 2021

Though their pact had come unglued, neither could stay angry, or apart from each other for very long.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2019

So Sunflower bounced up, down, sideways, and backward, rearing and kicking and chopping, snorting furiously, only Herbie still wouldn’t come unglued.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols